Russ,
I am exactly thinking the same as you. I did not realize how much my self-imposed schedule has messed with my life. It has been absolutely awesome to have nothing to do and all day to do it. All my jobs are in senior venues and I am not anxious to return to them at all. Here in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area the traffic has gotten so bad it absolutely ruins the pleasure of going to and returning from jobs. Somewhere I read the DFW area now has more people than the entire population of 40 other states! The stress of driving in this traffic is just not worth it to me anymore. I don't expect the places to allow entertainers In for another 6 or 8 months anyway.
Deane